. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoo. The American Florist. 343. SWEET PEAS IN THE GARDEN OF JOHN W. PEPPER, JENKINTOWN, PA. Inventories for Florists. Ed. Am. Florist:—Your letter with request for my views as to the best methods of running .i,'reenhouses so that one can determine the profits on difierent stock growing has been received. You certainly have made a mistake in asking me. You will notice that your corre- spondent wants the opinions of florists above the average. I do not claim even so much as our friend Rudd, being a very poor averag
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoo. The American Florist. 343. SWEET PEAS IN THE GARDEN OF JOHN W. PEPPER, JENKINTOWN, PA. Inventories for Florists. Ed. Am. Florist:—Your letter with request for my views as to the best methods of running .i,'reenhouses so that one can determine the profits on difierent stock growing has been received. You certainly have made a mistake in asking me. You will notice that your corre- spondent wants the opinions of florists above the average. I do not claim even so much as our friend Rudd, being a very poor average, but if I were to say anything, I would repeat Mr. Rudd's advice and say "Me, ; In growing general stock it is certainly an impossibility to correctly determine the cost of any one item unless it is grown in large quantities. The idea of taking an inventory in the greenhouse business has never occurred to me and I cannot see how it could be done with any degree of satisfaction. The value of plants is certainly very hard to deter- mine; it could only be estimated. The value of a plant is the same as with any other class of goods, worth just what it would sell for, or what profit you could get out of it, which would be hard to tell. I think Mr. Rudd's figure of deprecia- tion is full high, if the houses are well taken care of. I have houses that have been built for over twelve years and with care I expect that they will last more than that time to come and have a large salvage left. Certainly the best time to find out what the profits or losses may be is at the end of the business year, which is the first of July. I do not think it is practical to try to determine the expenses of each month separately, but take the year as a whole. How could you well charge all the expense of July and August to these months? Y'our houses are giving you no returns and your expenses are very heavy; the results you get later. In our business, where we are obliged to grow a little o
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